By: José Bermúdez Published by MIT Press on February 23, 2018 Overview These essays explore how the rich and sophisticated forms of self-consciousness with which we are most familiar—as philosophers, psychologists, and as ordinary, reflective individuals—depend on a complex underpinning that has been largely invisible to students of the self and self-consciousness. José Luis Bermúdez, […]
Defending Biodiversity: Environmental Science and Ethics
By: Jonathan Newman, Gary Varner, and Stefan Linquist Published by Cambridge University Press on October 5, 2017 Imagine that you are an environmentalist who passionately believes that it is wrong to drill for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. How do you convince someone that a decision to drill is wrong? Debates about the […]
Dr. Claire Katz appointed the Murray and Celeste Fasken Chair in Distinguished Teaching
Dr. Claire Katz has recently been appointed the Murray and Celeste Fasken Chair in Distinguished Teaching. The appointment begins on September 1, 2017. A prestigious five-year appointment, Dr. Katz has a range of plans to use the support of the appointment to help faculty, graduate student, and undergraduates advance their pedagogy and teaching.
Gregory Pappas received the Distinguished Research Fellowship with the Latino Research Initiative
Dr. Gregory Pappas received the Distinguished Research Fellowship with the Latino Research Initiative at The University of Texas at Austin for 2017-2018. The Latino Research Initiative is a national leader in research and policy about issues affecting Latinos. Housed in the College of Liberal Arts, the Latino Research Initiative was created to generate vital data, grants […]
Understanding “I”: Language and Thought
By Jose Luis Bermudez Published by Oxford University Press on March 26, 2017 No words in English are shorter than “I” and few, if any, play a more fundamental role in language and thought. In Understanding “I”: Thought and Language Jose Luis Bermudez continues his longstanding work on the self and self-consciousness. Bermudez develops a model of how […]
Dr. Tommy Curry receives The Alain Locke Award for Public Philosophy
Dr. Tommy Curry received The Alain Locke Award for Public Philosophy from the Society for the Advancement of American Philosophy for 2017. This award recognizes a philosopher, junior or senior, who demonstrates excellence in engaged public philosophy about issues important to disadvantaged groups or people underrepresented in the academy or the public sphere. Dr. Curry was […]
Dr. Tommy Curry awarded USC Shoah Foundation and A.I. and Manet Schepps Foundation Teaching Fellowship
Dr. Tommy Curry was recently awarded the USC Shoah Foundation and A.I. and Manet Schepps Foundation Teaching Fellowship for his work on Black men and the various genocidal logics imposed upon them in the United States. Upon visiting the USC Center for Advanced Genocide Research in January, Dr. Curry discovered testimonies of Jewish men who […]
John McDermott listed among the 50 Most Influential Living Philosophers by BestSchools.org
When we hear the word “philosopher,” we tend to think of Ancient Greeks like Socrates or Plato, or perhaps the Frenchman René Descartes, or maybe infamous Germans like Karl Marx or Friedrich Nietzsche. Influential philosophers thus seem to populate the past. But are there any important philosophers living in the world today? We can thank […]
For Second Year in a Row, A Paper by Dr. Easwaran Selected by Philosopher’s Annual
For the second year in a row, Dr. Kenny Easwaran has had a paper selected by The Philosopher’s Annual, whose goal is to select the ten best articles published in philosophy each year. For the most recent volume, selecting from articles published in 2015, the web site selected Dr. Easwaran’s paper “Dr. Truthlove or: How […]
Claire Katz receives university-level recognition in Lead By Example Capital Campaign website for Philosophy for Children Program
What is the meaning of life? What is ethics? Thanks to the College of Liberal Arts, 25 sixth- to twelfth-graders are able to ponder these eternal questions at the Aggie Philosophy for Teens Camp. Claire Katz, camp director and professor of philosophy, says the idea is to immerse pre-college students in a subject rarely provided […]